Three-alarm blaze in West New York Wednesday sees four Hudson County fire departments respond

Google MapsFour Hudson County fire departments responded to a three-alarm blaze at the corner of 54th Street and Jackson Street in West New York early Wednesday morning.

Fire departments from four towns converged on a three-alarm,
three-building fire in West New York early Wednesday morning, fire officials
said yesterday.

North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue Acting Deputy Chief
Anthony Venezia said fire crews from Jersey City, Hoboken, and Kearny responded
to North Hudson's call for mutual aid for a fire at the corner of 54th Street
and Jackson Street in West New York early Wednesday morning.

Venezia said the fire was reported at 11:34 p.m. Tuesday
night, and North Hudson crews arrived at the scene at 11:39, with firefighters
finding the outer walls of the buildings on fire and threatening to spread
inside.

The third alarm calling for relief was sounded at 12:05 a.m.
Wednesday. Venezia said it was because of a mixture of the fire itself and the
late night heat.

After getting the fire under control, Venezia said North
Hudson closed out the scene at 3:38 a.m. The cause of the fire is still
undetermined and is under investigation.

Venezia said two buildings on 54th Street suffered heavy
exterior wall damage from the fire, and one of them suffered heavy damage
inside as well. Another building on Jackson Street suffered moderate interior
damage.

Venezia said there were no reported injuries from the fire.
He added that residents were relocated and either stayed with families or were
helped by West New York's Office of Emergency Management, but did not have an
exact count on the number of residents displaced.